The Beloit Memorial Purple Knights will take on the Oregon Panthers at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Beloit Memorial is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, Beloit Memorial came up short against Deerfield and fell 3-1.
Beloit Memorial took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Oregon didn't have done well against Monona Grove recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Oregon sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Monona Grove.
Oregon was staring down a 2-0 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next four for the win. After all that action, the final score was 24-26, 19-25, 25-18, 25-23, 15-7.
Oregon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Alexis Fields, who had 12 digs, and Devin HowarD, who had 14 digs and two aces. The last time Howard's hitting percentage was this high was last Thursday.
Oregon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Beloit Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Oregon, their record is now 11-4.
Beloit Memorial came up short against Oregon when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Beloit Memorial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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